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Brazil, Canada to Launch Trade Talks as Dispute Festers

BRASILIA, May 22 (Reuters) - Brazil said on Monday it would still hold bilateral trade talks with Canada this week despite Ottawa's request to impose sanctions worth up to $3.3 billion over disputed Brazilian civilian aircraft subsidies.

China Said Confident on U.S. Vote

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese officials appear confident that momentum in the U.S. Congress is moving in favor of granting China permanent trading rights, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said today.

China and Australia Sign WTO Pact

By Bill Savadove BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Australia signed an agreement Monday on entry to the World Trade Organization, bringing Beijing's accession to the trade club a step closer.

EU Governments Back Deal with China on WTO

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 15 European Union governments gave initial backing Monday to an agreement hammered out by EU and Chinese negotiators on Beijing's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Chinese See U.S. Trade Bill as Vital to Future Reforms

The New York Times / By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL with JOSEPH KAHN BEIJING, May 20 -- The Clinton administration has argued that Congress should vote for normal trade relations with China because it is in the United States' national security interest, strengthening reformist forces in China. A huge number of influential Chinese agree.

NTR Down to the Wire

South China Morning Post Lobbying ahead of next week's vote on permanent Normal Trade Relations has hit fever pitch as all the players fight for their interests in what the Clinton administration has described as an "extraordinarily important issue" for the US economy and national security.

European Union, China Toast WTO Deal

Reuters | By Paul Eckert BEIJING - Clinking champagne glasses and smiling broadly, top trade officials of China and the European Union toasted a market opening deal Friday that removes the last major hurdle to China's membership of the WTO.

There""s Something Happening Here

Fortune Magazine May 15, 2000 What's that sound? A noisy and growing challenge to the globalist consensus. Despite what some pundits would have you believe, these protests aren't just freak shows. By Jerry Useem

Republicans Announce China Rights Plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional leaders on Thursday announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation that would set up a watchdog commission to monitor Chinese human rights, a breakthrough that may clear the way for passage of permanent trading benefits for Beijing next week.

Clinton Wants More African Trading

By SONYA ROSS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - While Congress continues to weigh the question of trade with China, President Clinton is ready to make official some progress on another trade front: Africa.